New telescope searching for unseen matter in our universe reveals stunning new images

An artist's concept shows the Euclid space telescope, built by the European Space Agency (ESA) that is set to be launched by a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, in operation, in this undated handout image.

Dark matter and dark energy make up roughly 95 per cent of our universe but can't be seen. In order to reveal their influence, over its six-year mission, this new space telescope will observe the shapes, distances and motions of billions of galaxies out to 10 billion light-years and create the largest cosmic 3D map ever made.Posted: Nov 08, 2023 2:43 PM EST | Last Updated: 13 minutes ago

Euclid shows us a spectacularly panoramic and detailed view of the Horsehead Nebula, also known as Barnard 33, which can be found in the constellation Orion. In Euclid's new observation of this stellar nursery, scientists hope to find many dim and previously unseen Jupiter-mass planets in their celestial infancy, as well as young brown dwarfs and baby stars.

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